Chhattisgarh is India’s one of the youngest and fastest growing states. It is truly called ‘Land of
Opportunities’.
It is rich in mineral resources like iron ore, coal, limestone, tin and bauxite. It has a favorable
industrial relations environment and abundant power and water for industrial needs. Industrial land is
also available at reasonable rates.
The state is endowed with rich biodiversity – 44 % of its geographical area is under dense forest
cover. With some stunningly beautiful waterfalls and evergreen Sal forests, Chhattisgarh is a delight
for nature lovers.
Chhattisgarh has ranked 1st in 2006 in Industrial Entrepreneurial Memoranda (IEM) and heavy
investments are being made in various sectors in this state for its overall development and growth.
75 MOUs have been executed for investments worth Rs. 85,934 Crores since its formation in
November 2000.
There are good health and education facilities in the state. Bhilai is a major centre of education. With
a number of Engineering Colleges, Polytechnics being present in the state, trained engineers and
technicians are available for the industries.
The state has got many reputed colleges including several degree colleges and Engineering
institutes like NIT (Raipur). The state has also got many schools like Government High School, St
Paul's High School, Madhavrao Sapre High schools etc. There is also an Ayurveda College present
in the state.
Educational institutions set-up by the state government are the prevalent education providers in the
state from elementary schools to degree colleges. Chhattisgarh has got seven government
recognized universities.
While the rapidly developing economy would be creating employment opportunities, it is imperative
that the state of Chhattisgarh produces not only enough skilled people to meet the requirement, but
also enough ‘Ready-to-Deploy’ skilled resources. With this background CII and
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) jointly undertook this survey to:
• Estimate the skill set requirement for the year 2015
• Identify the functional and behavioral skill set gap between the future demand of manpower and
the current availability in the state
• Recommend steps to address the skill set gaps identified